THE MOST PROBABLE SOLUTION: PLASMA


    Because the use of light or lasers in the creation of a lightsaber blade are so improbable and have so many shortcomings, it seems safe to assume that light cannot and will not be used to generate the blade. The Laws of Physics cannot be bent enough to facilitate this. This leads us to believe that the most logical approch to developing the lightsaber blade is the approach referred to by the Star Wars Universe itself: PLASMA

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What is Plasma?

     Plasma is the 4th state of matter which occurs if a gas is heated up to immensely high temperatures. Extra energy blasts negative charged electrons off of the individual atoms that form the gas and thus, the gas is divided into positive ions and loose negative electrons. Plasma generates large amounts of heat and visible light.
Plasma does occur commonly in our universe. The sun is a big ball of plasma. Lightning is nothing more than a streak of plasma formed as a result of gas being ignited in the atmosphere. Plasma is also used fairly commonly on Earth. Most of  our neon and flourescent bulbs make use of plasma as does Nuclear Fusion. Other commercial uses of plasma include construction of engines or applying coats of material to other materials etc.

As a result of several of its properties, one could imagine that plasma is the most ideal material for generating the blade on a lightsaber.

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